The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-19

FIRE ct Greencastle, Ind. recently did
GO, 600 damage TO clothier and . block Of
buildings.
FIRE in the packing house Of T. n. Sim
clair h Co. 1t Cedar Rapids, lows, re-
Gently destroyed the slaughtering depart
insurance, sS0,OO.
The biennial convention or High Court
meeting of the Ancient Order Of Foresters
began ct Chicago on the 9th. Delegates
from all part of the United States and
Canada were in attendance TO the number
of 500
JERRY PAoELs, the murderer Of Samuel
Kohn, ct st. Louis, for which murder he
was under sentence to be hanged, COM
mitted suicide in his cell three days before
his execution by cutting an artery In his
left arm above the elbow.
TEE eighth annual convention Of the pho
tographers Of the United States began in
Chicago en- the 9th. The exhibits were very
numerous.
Ives and Stayner have been forced to
resign from their positions in the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton management.
Committees were st work on the books, but
no startling discoveries were reported.
The kitchen, dining room and store room
Of the Presbyterian Indian school dear Al
buQuerQue. N. NJ, were destroyed by dre
the other day, causing $1,000 loss.
TEE side-wheel steamer City Of Ashland
was burned three miles out from Wash
burn. Wis, recently.
The August report Of the Illinois Board
Of Agriculture on the condition Of corn
shows promise of two-thirds Of . crop in
the northern division Of the counties, de-
crease of thirty-three per cent. during
July. In the central division the decrease
during July has been thirty-seven per
cent, and in the southern division there is
q prospect for two-thirds Of the average
yield.
The Socialists carried District Assembly
"a, Chicago Knights of Labor, in the recent
election of delegates.
A PARTIALLY intoxicated man made an at
tempt to swim to the Government pier ct
Chicago the other day. When some dis
lance out he suddenly stopped swimming,
floating on the top Of the water. On party
going out he was found to be dead. He was
thought to be John Mcmahon, Q horse
sheer.
THREE st. Louis firemen were killed on
the 10th. While engaged in extiDguishing
the fire in the ruins Of Bishop & Spears
nut warehouse q wall fell upon them. A
bystander was fatally injured and two fire.
men seriously hurt The loss amounted to
$4,000.
BIZ tho accidental overturning of work
ing skip at the Cleveland mine near Ish
peming, Mich, recently Edwin Cox and
two other men, names unknown, were
killed. They fell 200 feet to the bottom Of
the shaft. Three others were injured, two
of them fatally.
A DISPATCH from Fort Wayne, Ind, Of the
18th says: The forests adjoining this city
are all on fire and farmers are busy fight
ing the flames and taking care of their
property. The Wabash road, which runs
through Little River prairie, is also ex-
periencing great trouble.
FRED HORT, Utah murderer, was legally
executed by shooting at Salt Lake ON the
18th.
The giant powder works, located at West
Berkeley, Cal, exploded recently. One Chi
naman was killed and Six Cinnamon and
four white men seriously wounded. There
were four explosions and much damage was
done.
FIRE in Brooklyn, Iowa, recently de-
stroyed the opera house and four buildings,
causing 5000 loss. One man was killed
by falling walls and another by being run
over by fire engine.
THE Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
bridges at Connersville and Liberty, Ind,
were burned the other night and business
over that line was seriously impeded. The
cause was supposed to have been sparks
from some passing train.
An appalling accident occurred on the
Toledo, Peoria & Western railroad near
Chatsworth, Ill, early on the morning of
18th. A heavily-loaded excursion train,
bound for Niagara Falls, went through
burning bridge with awful results. One
hundred and eighteen persons were killed
and two or three hundred wounded. The
horrors were increased by the wreck TAX
ing fire. The dead and wounded were ter
ribly mangled, the accident being the most
heartrending that has ever occurred.
THE Mendoza Insane Asylum, near Madi-
son, Wis.,, was burned early on the morning
of the 10th.
The Southern Pacific express train was
robbed by four masked men thirty miles
east of Tucson, Ariz., on the 18th. The
train was Gitched by the robbers, who took
s., 500 from the express car.
PLEURoPNEUMoNIA has been discovered
at Kings cattle yards, Detroit, Mich, over
dozen cases existing.
LEVI HoLwIG. q miner in the Blossburg
mines, New Mexico, was crushed to death
under large rock the other day.
A COMBINATION train on the Evansville &
Indianapolis road ran through q culvert at
Saline City, Ind, recently, injuring six
persons, one seriously.
E. DECKER, of Cleveland, O., has been
elected president of the International
Photographers Association.
CONSTABLE PorTs shot and seriously
wounded Thomas Hardy at Des Moines,
Iowa, recently. Potts was endeavoring to
arrest Hardy at the time for having pos
session Of o keg Of beer.
The White River Utes were assembled
in force and threatening violence near
Meeker, Col, on the 18th. Colorow was
said to be at their head.
EVIDENCE was accommodating on the 18th
that the awful railroad accident near Chats
worth, ILL.,, was caused by unknown persons
poses Of robbery.
THE SOUTH.
The National Coiored Press Association
met in convention at Nashville, Tenn, on
the 9Th.
HORACE ABBOTT, q noted iron manufac-
turer, the founder of the Abbott Iron Com
pany, died at Baltimore, Nd, on the Sth,
aged eighty-one.
D. c. BROWN, one of the largest mer-